Effect of oil palm shell powder on the mechanical performance and thermal stability of polyester composites
This paper presents an experimental study on the development of polymer bio-composites. The composites were fabricated from unsaturated isophethalic polyester resin containing powdered oil palm shell (OPS) as a function of powder particle size. The influence of washing OPS powder in methanol to remo...
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| author | Nabinejad, O. Debnath, Sujan Rahman, Muhammad Davies, Ian |
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| description | This paper presents an experimental study on the development of polymer bio-composites. The composites were fabricated from unsaturated isophethalic polyester resin containing powdered oil palm shell (OPS) as a function of powder particle size. The influence of washing OPS powder in methanol to remove surface impurities was also investigated with the tensile and flexural strengths and moduli improving significantly (between 22.9% and 61.4%) for the composites containing washed OPS powder compared to the unwashed case. It was observed that the composite tensile and flexural strength generally increased with decreasing powder size with the strength of the composite containing 75–150 μm OPS powder being similar to that of the pure matrix. However, the tensile and flexural moduli of the composites were found to be essentially independent of powder size. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in flowing oxygen indicated that the addition of OPS powder shifted the thermal degradation peak of the bio-composite from 370 °C to 418 °C. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-341832017-09-13T15:06:36Z Effect of oil palm shell powder on the mechanical performance and thermal stability of polyester composites Nabinejad, O. Debnath, Sujan Rahman, Muhammad Davies, Ian This paper presents an experimental study on the development of polymer bio-composites. The composites were fabricated from unsaturated isophethalic polyester resin containing powdered oil palm shell (OPS) as a function of powder particle size. The influence of washing OPS powder in methanol to remove surface impurities was also investigated with the tensile and flexural strengths and moduli improving significantly (between 22.9% and 61.4%) for the composites containing washed OPS powder compared to the unwashed case. It was observed that the composite tensile and flexural strength generally increased with decreasing powder size with the strength of the composite containing 75–150 μm OPS powder being similar to that of the pure matrix. However, the tensile and flexural moduli of the composites were found to be essentially independent of powder size. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in flowing oxygen indicated that the addition of OPS powder shifted the thermal degradation peak of the bio-composite from 370 °C to 418 °C. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34183 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.09.080 Elsevier restricted |
| spellingShingle | Nabinejad, O. Debnath, Sujan Rahman, Muhammad Davies, Ian Effect of oil palm shell powder on the mechanical performance and thermal stability of polyester composites |
| title | Effect of oil palm shell powder on the mechanical performance and thermal stability of polyester composites |
| title_full | Effect of oil palm shell powder on the mechanical performance and thermal stability of polyester composites |
| title_fullStr | Effect of oil palm shell powder on the mechanical performance and thermal stability of polyester composites |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of oil palm shell powder on the mechanical performance and thermal stability of polyester composites |
| title_short | Effect of oil palm shell powder on the mechanical performance and thermal stability of polyester composites |
| title_sort | effect of oil palm shell powder on the mechanical performance and thermal stability of polyester composites |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34183 |